Chapter 239: Ah, How Can You Fly?
Although Jin Biao was a capable warrior, his soul was not much stronger than an ordinary person. Thus, his Life Soul was annihilated by the Heavenly Dao as soon as it emerged from his body.
Seeing this, Xia Wei shivered violently. She pinched her arm hard. The intense pain confirmed that the scene before her was not an illusion! If that were the case, it wouldn’t be an act!
“What exactly is going on?”
Xia Wei was filled with doubt and uncertainty. She was just a weak warrior and couldn’t perceive spiritual sense, so she naturally couldn’t understand the scene before her. Why would a powerful captain of the guard foolishly allow himself to be killed? He looked completely possessed.
The more Xia Wei thought about it, the more frightened she became. She turned her head and stared blankly at the client, who was not even capable of holding a chicken. A trace of primal fear arose in her heart – the fear of the unknown!
“You… How… How did you do that?”
Xia Wei swallowed hard and asked, while also holding her breath and staying alert, ready to run away at any moment.
“Do what? I didn’t do anything!”
Qi Huang feigned ignorance.
“You… You didn’t do anything? Then… then why can’t he move?”
Xia Wei suppressed her fear and asked.
“Didn’t he say he wanted to see how that large saber could pierce his own throat? I was just being helpful, why would I move?”
Qi Huang retorted as a matter of course.
“No…”
Xia Wei’s brain froze. She was dumbfounded, and for a moment, she couldn’t tell if her train of thought was wrong or if the whole world was mistaken.
“No what?”
Qi Huang asked with a half-smile.
“Don’t ask anymore, I need to calm down!”
Xia Wei’s face turned pale from overthinking. She needed to carefully sort out this issue.
Just then, Zhao Zheng, who had been thrown around and disoriented, also emerged from the darkness, covered in dust. He looked at the dead Jin Biao, full of confusion. He quickly asked what had happened, but no one paid him any attention.
“First of all, you are very weak, right?”
After a long pause, Xia Wei tentatively inquired.
“What do you think?”
Qi Huang smiled noncommittally, then proudly raised her head.
Xia Wei scrutinized Qi Huang from head to toe and analyzed seriously: “Whether a warrior or a cultivator, strength is directly proportional to physical fitness. Your steps are unsteady, your breathing is short, and you have thin arms and legs. You don’t look like a master.”
Xia Wei analyzed seriously.
“What is that look in your eyes? I’m a master, okay?”
Qi Huang was immediately displeased.
Xia Wei ignored her, relaxed her taut nerves, and continued to inquire: “Secondly, that Jin Biao didn’t want to die, right??”
“It seems… he didn’t want to die, right?”
Qi Huang analyzed, stroking her smooth chin.
“You’re not him, how do you know he doesn’t want to die? I heard his wife recently gave him a green hat. Who knows, maybe he’s on this mission to seek death!”
Xia Wei began to think expansively.
“Uh…”
Qi Huang was speechless. She hadn’t expected this woman to be even more capable of talking nonsense than herself. However, if that guy was really cheated, then not wanting to live was indeed within reason.
“Stop thinking about it. You should hurry and tell Manager Liu about this. With such a worm in your Juyin Auction House, you’ll never be able to improve.”
Qi Huang urged her. She didn’t want her efforts to be in vain, nor did she want to clean up Liu Yingyue’s mess repeatedly.
“Right, right!”
Xia Wei suddenly realized and quickly used the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device she carried to report the situation to her manager.
Liu Yingyue of Juyin Auction House had not slept, but was waiting for the results all night. Now that her wish had come true, this result was no different from a bolt from the blue. An insider was not terrifying; what was terrifying was that the insider was the auction house’s vice-manager, Duan Feng.
Although Duan Feng was only the vice-manager, this old fellow had been operating here for decades. With his strength and connections, how could she, the Ninth Miss who had been parachuted in, compare to him?
“Should I ask the family for help?”
Liu Yingyue was pacing anxiously. This was the first method that came to mind, but she gave up after a moment of deliberation. The Liu family’s rise to a prominent family was not achieved by relying on its elders. For the cultivation of descendants, each generation had its own experience.
Taking this generation as an example, Liu Yingyue had dozens of siblings of the same generation. Every one of them, upon turning sixteen, would be sent to branch offices in various prefectures for training. Only those who were sufficiently outstanding would be allowed to stay in the Liu family in the future. As for the incompetent ones, regardless of gender, they would be sent out to “harm” other families, either to marry or to become live-in sons-in-law.
Liu Yingyue was no exception. She was sent to a branch office in a northern prefecture for training when she was sixteen. However, due to various reasons, her performance during this period was unsatisfactory, leading to the branch’s closure. She should have gotten married long ago, but fortunately, her father was the Clan Leader of the Liu family at the time, so he was able to spend a great deal of effort to protect her and send her to this branch in Yongning Prefecture as the manager!
Therefore, this branch in Yongning Prefecture was her last chance. But who would have thought that shortly after she arrived, she would encounter such trouble.
Liu Yingyue knew that she now had only two paths to choose from: either cut the Gordian knot quickly and eliminate Duan Feng, or pretend that nothing had happened and deal with him later when she had stabilized her position.
Liu Yingyue was a very rational person, so she really wanted to choose the second option. However, there was no more time. Her father had only exchanged the position of Clan Leader for three years of development time for her. It was now the third year, and if she couldn’t achieve something quickly, no one would be able to provide her with protection anymore!
Therefore, if she chose to seek help now, it would be no different from giving up.
“But if I choose the first option, wouldn’t I die even faster if the other party is cornered?”
Liu Yingyue fell into a dead end when she thought about this.
After much deliberation, Liu Yingyue finally decided to act as if nothing had happened and make preparations before making a desperate move. That way, there would at least be a glimmer of hope for success.
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On the other side, Qi Huang was also waiting for the results, but with no feedback in sight, she anxiously followed up.
“No, this is our Juyin Auction House’s family business. Why are you more anxious than the manager?”
Xia Wei said impatiently.
“How can I not be anxious? Don’t forget that I’m the client. As long as that guy surnamed Duan is not eliminated, my interests will not be guaranteed!”
Qi Huang said as a matter of course. She wasn’t afraid of her personal safety being threatened; she was afraid that the Cat’s Eye Tears would not sell for a good price.
“Then what do you suggest we do? Our Ninth Miss is new here and hasn’t even settled in yet. If we confront that old fellow now, isn’t it like a mantis trying to stop a chariot?”
Xia Wei asked helplessly.
“I’ve really had bad luck. How could I have ended up with an auction house like yours!”
Qi Huang was simply speechless.
“Heh heh, as the saying goes, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. Even if we are in internal and external trouble now, we are not comparable to any random cat or dog. If you find another auction house, your Cat’s Eye Tears will truly become relics. When you die of old age, let your descendants burn them for you!”
Xia Wei said unceremoniously.
“Forget it, this young master will do a good deed to the end. Let’s go back.”
Qi Huang immediately made up her mind. It was just a gesture for her anyway. Instead of dawdling here, it was better to take action herself and achieve self-sufficiency.
“Go back where?”
Xia Wei asked doubtfully.
“Back to Juyin Auction House. I’ll help you deal with that guy surnamed Duan.”
Qi Huang said, with her hands on her slender hips.
“You? Just you? Do you think everyone is going to be cheated? That guy surnamed Duan lives a comfortable life with a virtuous wife and filial children. He even wants to live for another five hundred years! How could he foolishly stand there and let you kill him!”
Xia Wei said dismissively.
“Is that so? That may not be true!”
Qi Huang smiled coldly, her spiritual sense wrapped around Xia Wei without courtesy, and shot up into the sky.
“Ah… You… How can you fly?”
Xia Wei let out a scream of terror.
“It’s nothing, I bought a flying talisman from a cultivator!”
Qi Huang babbled on.
